Dagmar Doko Waskoenig
Dagmar Doko Waskoenig (* 1943 in Arnsberg ) is an art historian, Zen master of the Sōtō-shū and a Buddhist teacher and lives in Hanover , where she has headed the Zen- Dōjō Shobogendo since 1983 and is a nun of the Vietnamese pagoda Viên Giác .
background
After graduating, she worked as an art historian before turning to Buddhism . She was trained in Italy and Japan. Doko Waskoenig to himself: “To other people I often appear calm, balanced and equanimity. It makes it clear to them that I have something to do with the Buddha-path. ” Waskoenig has been practicing zazen since the late 1970s and in 1986 received nun ordination from Master Taiten Guareschi. From 1992 to 1996 she headed a course in the history and philosophy of Buddhism in Hanover and received a license to teach Dharma . She is a lecturer for the German Buddhist Union , works as a council member, editor and curator.
She is the Dharma successor of Gudō Wafu Nishijima , from whom she received the Dharma transmission in 2003. She was ordained a Bhikkhuni in 2005 in the Vietnamese monastery . Waskoenig is committed to interreligious discourse, especially with the Rinzai line . Her main interest is in the work of Dōgen Zenji.
literature
- Dagmar Doko Waskoenig: My way to Buddhism. German Buddhists tell their story , Fischer Scherz, 2003, ISBN 978-3502611110
- Dagmar Doko Waskoenig: The Shobogenzo of Doge Zenji. The central passages - developed and commented on by Dagmar Doko Waskönig . OW Barth 2010, ISBN 978-3426291740
Web links
- Homepage of the Zen-Dojo Shobogendo [3] at shobogendo.de
- "Rituality in Soto-Zen" by Dagmar Doko Waskönig at Benediktushof (2017) [4] Video lecture on the aesthetics of Buddhism on Youtube
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waskoenig, Dagmar Doko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arnsberg |